sacrament
Grace-conferring ritual
A sacrament is a religious rite or ceremony considered to convey divine grace.
In Christianity, sacraments include baptism, communion, and (in Catholic and Orthodox traditions) confession, confirmation, marriage, ordination, and anointing of the sick.
The word extends to anything regarded as sacred or inviolable: Free speech is a sacrament in American political culture.
Ritual water purification ceremony
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- anointingCeremonial oil application
confession · communion · mass · penance · absolution · unction · last rites · holy orders
Prayer seeking divine favor
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
absolution · divine grace · holiness · purification · renewal · regeneration · indwelling · transubstantiation
Solemn personal commitment
- oathFormal binding promise
- promiseCommitment to act
- pledgeBinding promise given
- bondBinding tie or connection
covenant · troth · dedication · commitment · fidelity · allegiance · seal · blessing
Diocesan clergy head
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- deaconJunior clergy member
- prelateSenior church official
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
priesthood · diocese · parish · celebrant · minister · officiant · vestments · laying on of hands
Address to deity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
- venerationProfound admiring respect
praise · supplication · offering · homage · glorification · liturgy · hymns · gospel
baptism
Ritual water purification ceremony
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
anointing · confession · communion · mass · penance · absolution · unction · last rites · holy orders · reconciliation
blessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- salvationDeliverance from harm
forgiveness · absolution · divine grace · holiness · purification · renewal · regeneration · indwelling · transubstantiation
vow
Solemn personal commitment
bond · covenant · troth · dedication · commitment · fidelity · allegiance · seal · blessing · matrimony
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
ordination · priesthood · diocese · parish · celebrant · minister · officiant · vestments · laying on of hands · holy orders
prayer
Address to deity
veneration · praise · supplication · offering · homage · glorification · liturgy · hymns · gospel · mass
- MormonismBook of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, priesthood, Latter-day Saint
- theologyecclesiology, eschatology, Christology, God, dogmatics
- EucharistHoly Communion, bread and wine, Real Presence, communion wafer, communion wine
- liturgyDivine Office, missal, lectionary, rite, Tridentine Mass
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, wedding ceremony, bride
sacramentprofanation
Violation of sanctity
desecration · sacrilege · blasphemy · defilement · abomination
sacramentcivil procedure
Rules for lawsuits
mere formality · convention · tradition · routine · legal proceeding
- sacramental wineBlessed beverage for worship
- the sacramentSacred religious ceremony
- holy sacramentsReligious rites conveying grace
- auto sacramentalAllegorical Spanish religious drama
- sacramental breadBlessed wheat wafer
- Blessed SacramentConsecrated elements in Catholicism